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Cruz Bay Gets New Palms!!

A little normalcy returned to Cruz Bay over the weekend thanks to the owners over at Grande Bay.

Eight brand new palms were planted in the sand along beach in front of the resort Saturday, replacing those that fell during last season’s storms. The palms were purchased by Grande Bay Resort Homeowners Association, and we thank them tremendously for that!

(Grande Bay is split into two entities: 1. There are Grande Bay owners; the majority rent their units as vacation rentals. 2. There is also the fractional timeshare program.)

Well said Mike!!! Let me attempt to address this myth. Coconuts grow at the very top of the palm trunk in a radius of no more than two feet. If you were stupid enough, and had the time, you would have to hug the trunk for months at a time to even have a remote chance of being hit in the head with a falling coconut. And I suspect even then, a direct hit wouldn’t kill you. Nasty bump perhaps, but kill you???? They just aren’t that heavy. And to wit, have been visiting STJ for 15 years now, usually twice a year. Our favorite beach is Gibney which we visit at least twice each time and would sit under those glorious palms which Irma destroyed. ONCE a coconut fell and it wasn’t even close!! But perhaps some deserve to be removed from the gene pool!!!!!! LOL

Jen should set up a happy hour gathering during that time for all the crazy people that make comments on News of St John. Would be fun to put names to faces.

I’ve never met Jen but she apparently was in a boat at customs a couple years ago when Simon from Magnum VI was checking us in.

Anywho, are you up for the happy hour challenge Jen???

News of St. John

August 13, 2018 at 7:14 pm

All I have to say is thank goodness happy hours are baby friendly on this island… I’m in!!

Donna Broderick

August 13, 2018 at 6:11 pm

Minnesota Mike – we are there mid-Feb next year too…and working on bringing a motivational speaker with us this time to help those that still may need some positive inspiration. Btu will default to Jenn – we’ve done her great tour to help bring money back on the island. If not, maybe she can privately share our emails for us.

Coconut Dan – ‘Innocent noggins’ LOL.
I bet these trees came from the Dominican Republic- highly doubt they are native. Hope they were sprayed and debugged prior to entry.
Coco trees aren’t native to the territory and are considered invasive, disruptive, nuisance plants by leading geologists. But they do offer good breeding spots for wild mongoose.